

CHAPTER XIY. 



THE CRIMSON TOPAZ. 



jHE part of the world in which the 

 lovely bird called the Crimson 

 ^^^^ Topaz is found, is rich in many 

 Y interesting scenes and valuable 

 productions. 



It is called Guiana, and is a territory 

 to the north of South America. 



Here again the tropical forest presents 

 every variety of wonder. The most curi- 

 ous object met with in its w^ld recesses is 

 a tree called the mora, which towers aloft, 

 its topmost branches often white and bare 

 with age. A fig-tree that has the habits 



